Therapeutic vs Orthopaedic - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between therapeutic and orthopaedic

is that therapeutic is of, or relating to therapy while orthopaedic is .

* therapeutick (obsolete)

(en adjective)

Of, or relating to therapy.

Having a positive effect on the body or mind.

* Sir Thomas Browne

Therapeutic or curative physic.

* Isaac Watts

Medicine is justly distributed into prophylactic, or the art of preserving health, and therapeutic , or the art of restoring it.

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Unlike most words spelled with -ae-'' or ''-e-'', ''orthopaedic'' is often spelled with ''-ae- even Stateside.